Factsheet for measure
PT-2020-22/1228
–
Updated
– measures in Portugal
Telework and workers with disability or impairment - exceptional and temporary measure
Teletrabalho e trabalhadores/as com deficiência ou incapacidade - medida excecional e temporária no contexto da pandemia COVID-19
Background information
Following the declaration of the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic on 18 March 2020 (Decree Law 2-A/2020 of 20 March), and subsequent lockdown, the adoption of telework, regardless of the employment relationship and whenever the functions concerned would allow it, became mandatory.
The Resolution of the Council of Ministers 40-A/2020 of 29 May gives continuity to the lifting of lockdown process initiated on 30 April 2020, establishing that telework is mandatory in some specific situations.
From 11 September 2020 onwards, the Resolution of the Council of Ministers 70-A/2020 is in place, maintaining the previous regulations in what regards telework, and the specific situation of workers with disability or impairment.
Content of measure
The Resolution of the Council of Ministers 70-A/2020 of 11 September maintains the previous specific regulations established primarily by the Resolution of Council of Ministers 40-A/2020 of 29 May in what regards telework, and the specific situation of workers with disability or impairment. Telework is mandatory only when requested by the workers, regardless of the employment relationship and whenever the functions would allow it, especially in the following cases: a) those who have specific health conditions - hypertensive, diabetics, cardiovascular patients, patients with chronic respiratory disease, cancer patients and patients with renal failure (according to article 25-A of Decree-Law 10-A/2020 of 13 March, in its current wording); b) workers with disability or impairment – with 60% or more level of incapacity; and c) when workplaces or organisation of work do not ensure safety.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
|
27 May 2021
|
The Decree no. 25-A/2021 of 30 March 2021 prolongs until 31 December 2021 the provisions of Decree 79 -A/2020 of 1 October 2020 concerning compulsory teleworking (as well as staggered clock-in and clock-out times).
|
Use of measure
Not evaluated yet.
Target groups
Actors and funding
|
Actors
|
Funding
|
National government
Company / Companies
|
No special funding required
|
Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
|
Trade unions
|
Employers' organisations
|
|
Role
|
Consulted
|
Consulted
|
|
Form
|
Consultation through tripartite or bipartite social dialogue bodies
|
Consultation through tripartite or bipartite social dialogue bodies
|
Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
-
Unknown
-
Main level of involvement: Peak or cross-sectoral level
Involvement
Trade Union and employer confederations were consulted at the Standing Committee for Social Concertation.
Views and reactions
Views are unknown.
Sources
-
13 March 2020: Decreto-Lei n.º 10-A/2020 , Diário da República n.º 52/2020, 1º Suplemento, Série I de 2020-03-13 Diário da República n.º 52/2020, 1º Suplemento, Série I de 2020-03-13
-
20 March 2020: Decree-law 2-A/2020
(dre.pt)
-
29 May 2020: Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 40-A/2020
(data.dre.pt)
-
11 September 2020: Resolução de Conselho de Ministros n.º 70-A/2020 de 11 de Setembro
(dre.pt)
-
01 October 2020: Decreto-Lei n.º 79-A/2020
(data.dre.pt)
-
30 March 2021: Decreto-Lei n.º 25-A/2021
(dre.pt)
